CARTRIDGE FOR SAMPLE PREPARATION AND MOLECULE ANALYSIS, CARTRIDGE CONTROL MACHINE, SAMPLE PREPARATION SYSTEM AND METHOD USING THE CARTRIDGE

摘要

A sample treatment and molecule analysis cartridge is configured to be mounted in a treatment machine vertically. The cartridge has a sample inlet opening on a top face, and a fluidic inlet and a fluidic outlet on a bottom face. The cartridge houses an extraction chamber extending vertically from the sample inlet opening towards the bottom face and connected to the fluidic inlet; a waste chamber extending vertically, alongside the extraction chamber; and a collector extending along the extraction chamber and the waste chamber, near the bottom face, and having a smaller height than the extraction chamber and the waste chamber. A fluidic circuit connects together the extraction chamber, the waste chamber, the collector, the fluidic inlet, and the fluidic outlet, and is configured to connect the fluidic outlet to vent openings of the extraction chamber, the waste chamber, and the collector, and to connect the bottom end of the extraction chamber to the fluidic inlet, the waste chamber, and the collector.